Welcome…

Welcome to Social Velocity, I’m glad you’re here!

I believe that the nonprofit you are so passionate about can do and be more.

Over the course of my career (see my bio), I have seen how hard nonprofit leaders like you struggle to create social change. Growing social problems, fewer available dollars, ineffective boards, and low-return fundraising activities often combine to make the solution you have to offer wither on the vine.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

If you could demonstrate the value your nonprofit provides, strengthen your organizational capacity, develop a groundbreaking board, chart a strategic direction, and attract more support, the critical solutions you offer could spread far and wide.

That is why I created Social Velocity — to help nonprofit leaders like you who are working to solve complex social problems do so more effectively and sustainably.
Nonprofit leaders, board members and donors come to me when their organization is at a critical inflection point. They want to dramatically grow their services, find a more sustainable financial model, fire up their board, or chart a new strategic direction. They know they want change, but they don’t know how to get there.

The nonprofits I leave behind are more strategic, more sustainable, more engaged, more invested and above all, creating more social change in our communities.

“Social Velocity conceptually is way ahead of the curve in nonprofit consulting. Visionary and spot-on!”

— Webinar Participant

“Nell has a compelling vision for a stronger, more effective nonprofit sector and has the demonstrated ability to take organizations to the next level. She comes into a nonprofit, determines what it will take to make the organization more effective at achieving their mission and more sustainable and then works with them to create real, lasting change.”

— Jami Hampton, Senior Program Officer, RGK Foundation

“Working with Social Velocity was just what we needed. The strategic planning process allowed us to affirm our core competencies, align our business practices with organizational goals, increase our capacity to serve more people and to set a new direction for our future.”

“Nell helped us understand that we created something that talked about us as an organization, and not about the way we were going to change our community. It is a critical distinction. It made all the difference and paved the way for our “aha” moment.”

— Elaine Spallone, Executive Director of Charlotte Chamber Music

“Nell helped us think about our ideas related to earned revenue. With her expertise and facilitation, we were able to develop a plan for individuals and entities to invest in our program replication training so that we can expand our impact and continue to provide free services to underserved communities.”

— Ronda Rutledge, Sustainable Food Center Executive Director

“To say that your information is helpful is the biggest understatement I can think of. Your insights are superb and practical and innovative.”

— A Social Velocity E-newsletter Subscriber

“You put it all together so well! You articulated the problem exactly as I see it AND you offered solutions that I had not figured out yet. Our staff has a brain storming session set up for next week to get our model and strategy set up. We’re not going to sit on this.”